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Inspiration & Imagination: The Work of an Illustrator

Illustrators face the challenge of moving between inspiration, imagination and hard work to create picture books that engage readers. Three award-winning illustrators will talk about the ways in which they explore this challenge in their creative processes.

R. Gregory Christie is an Atlanta-based children's book illustrator with more than 20 years of experience and more than 60 books to his credit. He currently freelances and owns GAS-ART Gifts (Gregarious Art Statements), which is comprised of two autographed children's bookstores in North DeKalb Mall (Decatur, GA) and in Perimeter Mall (Dunwoody, GA)....

Javaka Steptoe is an eclectic young artist, designer and illustrator, building a national reputation as an outstanding contributor to the genre of children's literature. His debut work, "In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall: African Americans Celebrating Fathers," earned him the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award, a nomination for Outstanding Children's Literature Work at the 1998 NAACP Image Awards, a finalist ranking for the Bluebonnet Award for Excellence in Children's Books and countless other honors....

David Wiesner grew up in suburban New Jersey, known to his classmates as "the kid who could draw." He went on to become a student at the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was able to commit himself to the full-time study of art and to explore further his passion for visual storytelling....